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Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation Combined With Physical Exercise on Electron Transport Chain Activity in Peripheral Blood Cells of Stroke Patients

open access: yesArtificial Organs, EarlyView.
Stroke induces mitochondrial dysfunction and motor disorders. FES combined with physical exercises can help restore mitochondrial function by regulating the formation of reactive oxygen species and, consequently, contributing to functional recovery. ABSTRACT Background Stroke is commonly accompanied by motor disorders secondary to the initial injury ...
A. Larrea   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fifty years of killing and letting die: On the limits of philosophical bioethics

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
Abstract In 1975, The New England Journal of Medicine published James Rachels' article ‘Active and Passive Euthanasia’. The argumentative method that Rachels introduced, the Bare Difference Argument (also known as the Contrast Strategy), became one of the most widely used tools in ethical reasoning.
Joona Räsänen, Matti Häyry
wiley   +1 more source

Existentialism and My ‘Postwolf’ Dachshund: Authenticity in the Age of Genetic Engineering

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human genetic engineering has the potential to profoundly alter the traits of future generations, raising critical ethical questions about authenticity and identity. Essentialist perspectives reject genetic engineering, claiming it inherently compromises authenticity by deviating from a species‐typical genome.
Donrich Thaldar
wiley   +1 more source

The Bioethical Complexity of the Issues of Surrogate Motherhood

open access: yesDiacovensia, 2015
Surrogate motherhood as the most complex method of medically assisted reproduction and the last tool in the fight against infertility, stirs great debates around the world, knocking also on the doors of our own legislation, medicine and judiciary, which ...
Željko Rakošec   +3 more
doaj  

Advancing vascularized composite allotransplantation: essential factors for upper extremity transplant program development

open access: yesFrontiers in Transplantation
Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) offers a unique option to restore form and function after limb loss or facial trauma that cannot be satisfactorily accomplished through traditional prosthetics or reconstructions. Establishing a successful
Martin Kumnig   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical Expertise Before and After Medically Assisted Dying: The Informal and Formal Role of the Ethicist in the Netherlands

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although we have a long‐standing and well‐institutionalized practice of medical aid in dying (MAID) in the Netherlands, it is insufficiently clarified which goals ethicists should pursue in the context of assisted dying, and which competencies they need to fulfil their role(s). We sought to contribute to this clarification.
Eva Asscher, Suzanne Metselaar
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐Giving and Reflections on Life Extension: How Love Might Shape the Choice of Whether to Live Past a Natural Human Lifespan

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing upon a deprivationist account of the badness of death, Ingemar Patrick Linden advocates for a hypothetical state called “contingent immortality.” The future Linden champions is one in which every person would be able to live for as long as they would like, save for events like accidents or murder.
Andrew Moeller   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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